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P a g e 2 T H E E M P A T H D e c e m b e r 4, 1984
Hoffman Student PUargrteisc iApacttiioven
in American Democracy
by Michelle Shewbridge and John Oravec
The ever-radical activist
Abbie Hoffman paid a visit
to St. Mary's College last
Tuesday and did his best to
revive the sentiments of the
60' s.
Speaking before students
in classes, faculty at a
dinner, and the general
public in a lecture in St.
Mary's Hall, Hoffman pre­sented
a relaxed and jovial
attitude when asked about
the causes he has supported
as an activist and organi­zer.
While his main concern in
his talks was the present
U.S. covert war in Nicara­gua,
Hoffman also spoke at
length about issues con­fronting
students today.
When asked if students today
have a responsibility to
continue the "fight" for
" He cited the
alcohol privi-the
60's, Hoffman replied,
"Yes, because rights can be
taken away
removal of
leges from campuses across
the country, rising tuition
costs, and the law requiring
males to register for the
Selective Service before
they can get student loans
as issues affecting students
in adverse ways. Hoffman
firmly believes that
students have to keep active
in their community issues
and concerns, because "you
are citizens of the commu­nity."
Hoffman offered advice on
how students can organize
themselves to confront an
issue. He says the first
step is to find "the most
common denominator to make
the links to build a
Ab b i e Hoffman, a c t i v i s t d u r i n g the Sixties, spoke to a full
h o u s e in St. M a r y ' s Hall last week, (photo by Dave R i e g e l )
individual rights begun in movement. Keep it interes-
The H o f f m a n lecture a t r a c t e d a d i v e r s e crowd.
(photo by Dave Riegel)
ting. It's volunteer work,
so you need results and
victories to motivate
people. You gotta get
everyone in the community."
Next, "you have to build an
economic argument to match
theirs." He suggests utili­zing
the media to bring
attention to the cause, and
to let government officials
SATIRE-by
Christopher Smith
The 1960's saw great
change and ufJheaval in
American colleges and uni­versities.
College students
became socially aware and
their ideas and the
expression of those ideas
helped spur America on to a
heightened social conscious­ness.
The U.S. pulled out
of Vietnam, established new
programs to help the disad­vantaged,
and gave voting
rights to all American
citizens regardless of race,
color or creed.
The 1980's will be no dif­ferent.
As the decade
closes the campuses will
HQG
Gifts
&
Cards
* W H O L E L O T
1-Mile H e « * e» U iie g h N i M . R ew le 2 3 5
862-1818
know where you stand.
"Anything that disrupts
business as usual will get
attention. You know, squeaky
wheels get the grease."
Hoffman's most recent
interests are centered
around the covert war in
Nicaragua. He feels that the
situation there has the
potential to be "another
Vietnam" for the U.S., and
said "Nicaragua is Spanish
for Vietnam." Hoffman plans
to take a group of 65 people
concerned with recent
developments in the region
to Nicaragua over the
Christmas holidays.
Campus Seen Moving to Far Right
once again become hotbeds of
controversy as a new type of
radical student will come
into being. Right now the
Yuppies are everywhere,
young urban professionals
who have helped elect' and
maintain a conservative ad­ministration.
These conser­vative
ideas will soon come
to St. Mary's, changing the
way we view the world. The
Yickies, young insolent con­servatives,
will invade col­lege
campuses and help swing
the nation far to the right,
strengthening this new era
of conservatism.
What will the Yickies be
like? What types of things
do they do and what posi­tions
do they support? Cam­pus
climates will change,
becoming a complete anti­thesis
to what happened
there a generation ago. Aca­demic
majors like philo­sophy,
beat poetry, and
through Strength, Big Stick
Diplomats, Young Industrial
Technocrats, and the SBEG
Separate but Equal Club.
Yickies will stop listening
to 60's groups like the
Doors or the Rolling Stones
in favor of Pat Boone, Frank
Sinatra, or just plain
Musak. Combat fatigues and
sandals will no longer be in
fashion and will be replaced
by Christian Dior suits and
L.L. Bean casuals. Jessie
Helms will be admired and
revered instead of Timothy
Leary. That historic week­end
of music called
Woodstock will be eclipsed
later this decade when over
a million Yickies will
attend the Junior Business
Leaders of America Con­ference
in Las Vegas.
Colleges are going to
have to adjust to the new
Yickie revolution. Profes­sors
who now teach art or
Colleges are going to have to adjust
to the new Yickie movement
30E 3G3E 30[
basketweaving will drop out
of sight as pragmatic, con­servative
students major in
economics, pre-law, govern­ment
service, and computer
science instead. New clubs
will be formed on campuses,
for the older ones will drop
out of sight from lack of
membership. Clubs like Help
the Poor, the Nuclear Freeze
Coalition, Students of
Foreign Understanding,
Environmental Consciousness,
and the NAACP will be
replaced by the Supply-siders
Society, Peace
music will have to change
their expertise or face mass
firings. Students can pre­pare
by declaring an econ-major
by the end of their
sophomore year, in high
school! Even college admis­sion
requirements will
change as students will no
longer be judged on SAT's,
community involvement, or
art portfolios, but instead
by net worth, personal
gains, and stock portfolios.
Brace yourselves, St. Mary's
College, for the Yickie rev­olution
is at hand.

P a g e 2 T H E E M P A T H D e c e m b e r 4, 1984
Hoffman Student PUargrteisc iApacttiioven
in American Democracy
by Michelle Shewbridge and John Oravec
The ever-radical activist
Abbie Hoffman paid a visit
to St. Mary's College last
Tuesday and did his best to
revive the sentiments of the
60' s.
Speaking before students
in classes, faculty at a
dinner, and the general
public in a lecture in St.
Mary's Hall, Hoffman pre­sented
a relaxed and jovial
attitude when asked about
the causes he has supported
as an activist and organi­zer.
While his main concern in
his talks was the present
U.S. covert war in Nicara­gua,
Hoffman also spoke at
length about issues con­fronting
students today.
When asked if students today
have a responsibility to
continue the "fight" for
" He cited the
alcohol privi-the
60's, Hoffman replied,
"Yes, because rights can be
taken away
removal of
leges from campuses across
the country, rising tuition
costs, and the law requiring
males to register for the
Selective Service before
they can get student loans
as issues affecting students
in adverse ways. Hoffman
firmly believes that
students have to keep active
in their community issues
and concerns, because "you
are citizens of the commu­nity."
Hoffman offered advice on
how students can organize
themselves to confront an
issue. He says the first
step is to find "the most
common denominator to make
the links to build a
Ab b i e Hoffman, a c t i v i s t d u r i n g the Sixties, spoke to a full
h o u s e in St. M a r y ' s Hall last week, (photo by Dave R i e g e l )
individual rights begun in movement. Keep it interes-
The H o f f m a n lecture a t r a c t e d a d i v e r s e crowd.
(photo by Dave Riegel)
ting. It's volunteer work,
so you need results and
victories to motivate
people. You gotta get
everyone in the community."
Next, "you have to build an
economic argument to match
theirs." He suggests utili­zing
the media to bring
attention to the cause, and
to let government officials
SATIRE-by
Christopher Smith
The 1960's saw great
change and ufJheaval in
American colleges and uni­versities.
College students
became socially aware and
their ideas and the
expression of those ideas
helped spur America on to a
heightened social conscious­ness.
The U.S. pulled out
of Vietnam, established new
programs to help the disad­vantaged,
and gave voting
rights to all American
citizens regardless of race,
color or creed.
The 1980's will be no dif­ferent.
As the decade
closes the campuses will
HQG
Gifts
&
Cards
* W H O L E L O T
1-Mile H e « * e» U iie g h N i M . R ew le 2 3 5
862-1818
know where you stand.
"Anything that disrupts
business as usual will get
attention. You know, squeaky
wheels get the grease."
Hoffman's most recent
interests are centered
around the covert war in
Nicaragua. He feels that the
situation there has the
potential to be "another
Vietnam" for the U.S., and
said "Nicaragua is Spanish
for Vietnam." Hoffman plans
to take a group of 65 people
concerned with recent
developments in the region
to Nicaragua over the
Christmas holidays.
Campus Seen Moving to Far Right
once again become hotbeds of
controversy as a new type of
radical student will come
into being. Right now the
Yuppies are everywhere,
young urban professionals
who have helped elect' and
maintain a conservative ad­ministration.
These conser­vative
ideas will soon come
to St. Mary's, changing the
way we view the world. The
Yickies, young insolent con­servatives,
will invade col­lege
campuses and help swing
the nation far to the right,
strengthening this new era
of conservatism.
What will the Yickies be
like? What types of things
do they do and what posi­tions
do they support? Cam­pus
climates will change,
becoming a complete anti­thesis
to what happened
there a generation ago. Aca­demic
majors like philo­sophy,
beat poetry, and
through Strength, Big Stick
Diplomats, Young Industrial
Technocrats, and the SBEG
Separate but Equal Club.
Yickies will stop listening
to 60's groups like the
Doors or the Rolling Stones
in favor of Pat Boone, Frank
Sinatra, or just plain
Musak. Combat fatigues and
sandals will no longer be in
fashion and will be replaced
by Christian Dior suits and
L.L. Bean casuals. Jessie
Helms will be admired and
revered instead of Timothy
Leary. That historic week­end
of music called
Woodstock will be eclipsed
later this decade when over
a million Yickies will
attend the Junior Business
Leaders of America Con­ference
in Las Vegas.
Colleges are going to
have to adjust to the new
Yickie revolution. Profes­sors
who now teach art or
Colleges are going to have to adjust
to the new Yickie movement
30E 3G3E 30[
basketweaving will drop out
of sight as pragmatic, con­servative
students major in
economics, pre-law, govern­ment
service, and computer
science instead. New clubs
will be formed on campuses,
for the older ones will drop
out of sight from lack of
membership. Clubs like Help
the Poor, the Nuclear Freeze
Coalition, Students of
Foreign Understanding,
Environmental Consciousness,
and the NAACP will be
replaced by the Supply-siders
Society, Peace
music will have to change
their expertise or face mass
firings. Students can pre­pare
by declaring an econ-major
by the end of their
sophomore year, in high
school! Even college admis­sion
requirements will
change as students will no
longer be judged on SAT's,
community involvement, or
art portfolios, but instead
by net worth, personal
gains, and stock portfolios.
Brace yourselves, St. Mary's
College, for the Yickie rev­olution
is at hand.